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Ciechanów [t͡ɕeˈxanuf] (
listen) is a town in north-central Poland with 47,900 inhabitants (2002). It is situated in the Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999) and was previously the capital of Ciechanow Voivodeship (1975-1998).
Before World War II, it was home to a large Jewish community. During the war many Polish Jews and resistance fighters were executed by the Germans in the castle. The town was annexed by Nazi Germany in 1939 and known as Zichenau in German. It was the capital of Regierungsbezirk Zichenau, a subdivision of the Province of East Prussia. The territory was restored to Poland after the war.
[edit] Monuments
- Ruins of 14th century castle
- Augustinian monastery - Late Gothic church of Visitation of Virgin Mary (1st quarter of 16th century) and cloister from the turn of 17th and 18th century
- Late Gothic church of the Birth of Virgin Mary (1st quarter of 16th century)
- Gothic-revival town hall from 1844 (probably by Enrico Marconi)
- Farski Hill with an old bell tower from 1889
- Jewish cemetery from the 19th century
[edit] Education
- Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa
- Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu i Zarządzania
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Coordinates: 52°53′N, 20°37′E
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